title: Breaking bad news: what poetry has to say about it.
authors.affiliation: Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501, USA. deangianakos@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gianakos
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D011037:Poetry as Topic; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D014342:Truth Disclosure / Q000941:ethics*